Europa League 2025-26

[PeterWithesShin]

As they haven't banned the clubs the sensible thing for Uefa would be to ban all away fans for Maccabi matches.

[Ads]

As long as we can be there. Villa Park is a very easy ground to police though, so Im sure they could manage the challenge of escorting 500-ish away fans.

I'm not sure what the appetite would be for protests if its pissing it down and 2° in November or December, but its nothing WMP couldn't handle, as they seem perfectly capable of managing other protests or high risk games.

A night game against the Noses would be infinitely moodier.

[rougegorge]

For Maccabi's last European away game last season, Bodo/Glimt donated all the ticket revenue to Gaza

[cdbearsfan]

That would be a good idea, if UEFA would still allow us to add the totals to our FFP/PSR/CSR accounts 😀

[Pat McMahon]

Fenerbache away is tough.

I don't fancy our chances against Go Ahead Eagles.

They’re not the force they were since changing their name from Be Quick

[rougegorge]

These are the squad values according to Transfermarkt.

Fenerbahce - €299m
Bologna - €282m
Feyenoord - €218.35m
Salzburg - €121m
Basel - €68.2m
Young Boys - €66.8m
Go Ahead Eagles - €28.25
Maccabi Tel Aviv - €27.53

Aston Villa €491m

[Flamingo Lane]

Where do Maccabi play their home games in this competition?

[lovejoy]

These are the squad values according to Transfermarkt.

Fenerbahce - €299m
Bologna - €282m
Feyenoord - €218.35m
Salzburg - €121m
Basel - €68.2m
Young Boys - €66.8m
Go Ahead Eagles - €28.25
Maccabi Tel Aviv - €27.53

Aston Villa €491m

So you're saying there's a chance.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Reports by the New Israel Fund have found Maccabi Tel Aviv as having the second-most racist fans in Israel, behind Beitar Jerusalem.

Fans have been known to yell racist slurs and insults at Arab and black players. Players on the team often face racist abuse from the team's own fans. Fans would yell anti-Arab slurs at Maharan Radi, an Arab player, and yell monkey noises at Baruch Dego, an Ethiopian-Jewish player.

During the 2020–2021 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu, Maccabi fans attacked protestors with batons and broken bottles.

In November 2024, Maccabi fans clashed with pro-Palestinian protestors in Amsterdam after a match against Ajax. Prior to the clashes Maccabi fans attacked Arab residents of the city, stole and burned Palestinian flags, and yelled anti-Palestinian chants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_F.C.

[Dave]

Well, they sound nice.

[Sexual Ealing]

"You're just a slightly less racist Beitar Jerusalem". Give me 48 hours and I'll make it scan.

[rougegorge]

Where do Maccabi play their home games in this competition?

All four of their 'home' games in the Europa League last season were held in Belgrade at Partizan's ground.

[djbone]

That's a great idea. Whatevers decided re the fixture, I'll personally be looking for every opportunity possible to protest these genocidal arseholes.
Israeli clubs should be banned from UEFA and all international competition until their country stops murdering babies and gets rid of apartheid.

[pauliewalnuts]

“Hang on, I thought we were Beitar Jerusalem”
“No, we’re the Jerusalem Beitars”

[PeterWithesShin]

The videos that were circulating from Amsterdam of what they were doing, and then the retribution, were pretty unpleasant.